Neptune, Torquay
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Neptune, Torquay
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 28 Aug 2009
Above Ionic capitals, a relief of Neptune and assorted figures and horses occupies the pediment of the "Victorian shopping arcade" - actually built 1909-15, and no longer open for shopping. "Designed as a theatre but never completed" http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=390851&mode=adv . Seen from the Terrace car park.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.461181
Longitude
-3.522495